Press Release

OKLAHOMA CITY – The East Central Oklahoma Water Authority (Authority) received approval for $1,000,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the Authority’s water infrastructure.  Construction of upgrades and improvements to the water system will be financed by the Oklahoma American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant program.

The Authority owns and operates a water treatment plant (WTP). The proposed project is to rehabilitate the WTP by adding a second backwash pump, replacing filter media, adding transfer pumps with flow meters, installing a SCADA system, building a new fiberglass building and chlorine feed pumps with alarms.

Joe Freeman, chief of the OWRB’s Financial Assistance Division, calculated that the Authority’s customers will save an estimated $1,553,200 compared to traditional financing.